May 17, 2003
Carolina sends three athletes to the finals of the women’s 400m dash on Sunday as Miki Barber, Shevon Stoddart, and Tawana Watkins finished 3-6-7 in the preliminaries as Stoddart and Watkins both set personal best marks. Barber ran a time of 53.09 to easily win her heat and finish third overall. Stoddart placed sixth overall and ran a time of 53.54 eclipsing her old personal best of 53.71. Watkins placed seventh overall with a time of 53.95, also setting a new personal best mark topping her old mark of 54.40.
Erica Whipple set a personal best in the 100m dash, running a 11.25. That eclipses her old personal best mark of 11.32. Whipple, along with teammate Aleen Bailey, will compete in Sunday’s 100m dash finals.
Corey Taylor tied a personal best mark in the 110m hurdles race with a time of 13.72 and qualifying for the finals.
Keri Groover set a personal record in the women’s hammer Keri as she threw 147′ 5, finishing 25th. Her former personal best mark was 144′ 9″.
Lashinda Demus missed the 400m hurdles check-in. By SEC rules, she is ineligible to compete in the remainder of the meet.
NCAA Regional Qualifying Marks Set at SEC Outdoor Championships
* – Denotes qualifying mark already set
100m Dash (Men - 10.50; Women - 11.80)
* Shamus Singletary 10.47* Adrian Durant 10.48* Erica Whipple 11.25 Advanced to Finals ***New Personal Best**** Aleen Bailey 11.34 Advanced to Finals
200m Dash (Men - 21.20; Women - 24.00)
* Aleen Bailey 23.23 Advanced to Finals* Erica Whipple 23.43 Advanced to Finals* Miki Barber 23.73
400m Dash (Men - 47.45; Women - 55.00)
* Otis Harris 45.90 Advanced to Finals* Jonathan Fortenberry 46.27 Advanced to Finals* Miki Barber 53.09 Advanced to Finals* Shevon Stoddart 53.54 Advanced to Finals ***New Personal Best***Tawana Watkins 53.95 Advanced to Finals ***New Personal Best***
800m Run (Men - 1:51.15; Women - 2:10.30)
* Otukile Lekote 1:49.52 Advanced to Finals* William Emase 1:50.30
1,500m Run (Men - 3:50.00; Women - 4:31.00)
* William Emase 3:49.07 Advanced to Finals
100m Hurdles (Women - 14.10)
* Antoinette Wilks 13.76 Advanced to Finals
110m Hurdles (Men - 14.40)
* Kenneth Ferguson 13.72 Advanced to Finals* Corey Taylor 13.72 Advanced to Finals ***Tied Personal Best**** Charles Ryan 13.78 Advanced to Finals* Fred Townsend 14.23
400m Hurdles (Men - 52.70; Women - 1:01.50)
* Kenneth Ferguson 49.81 Advanced to FinalsCharles Ryan 52.69* Tiffany Ross 57.34 Advanced to Finals* Shevon Stoddart 57.88 Advanced to Finals* Tawana Watkins 1:00.67 Advanced to Finals
Long Jump (Men - 24' 0.25"; Women - 19' 4.25")
* Tony Allmond 24' 11"* Greig Cryer 24' 8.5"* Antoinette Wilks 19' 10.75
Pole Vault (Men - 16' 1"; Women - 12' 0.5")
* Greg Royster 16' 4.75"* Jared Farabee 16' 4.75"
Heptathlon (Auto - 5,500 pts.; Prov - 5,000 pts.)
Antoinette Wilks 5,208 pointsChelsea Hammond 5,022 points
Decathlon (Auto - 7,500 pts.; Prov - 7,000 pts.)
Fred Townsend 7,136 points
